noun
Meaning 1
An occasion when something is shown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
showing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: SH OW1 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A result, a judgement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of show
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
something shown to the public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: display, exhibit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
Narrower terms: parade, light show
noun
Meaning 5
the display of a motion picture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: screening, viewing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: display
Narrower terms: preview
History
Etymology
From Middle English schewyng, schewinge, from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, contemplation, consideration; respect, regard; survey, examination; a show, appearance, pretense”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwungu, from Proto-Germanic *skawwungō, equivalent to show + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schouwing (“inspection, survey”), German Schauung (“vision”).
From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: показване (pokazvane) — occasion
- Finnish: näytös — occasion
- Finnish: näyttö — occasion
- German: Vorführung — occasion
- Middle English: schewynge — occasion
- Norwegian Bokmål: visning — occasion
- Spanish: función — occasion
- Spanish: tanda — occasion
- Swedish: visning — occasion
- Bulgarian: представяне (predstavjane) — result
- Finnish: esitys — result
- Italian: figura — result
Real reading context